Today, the Allen School and University of Washington announced the conclusion of fundraising for the new Bill & Melinda Gates Center for Computer Science & Engineering and the “topping out” of the building’s structure — two significant milestones in the school’s quest to expand its impact and educate more of Washington’s students to be the innovators and leaders of tomorrow.
Fundraising for the project was brought to a close thanks to a $15 million gift from Bill and Melinda Gates.… Read more →
Allen School’s second building named the Bill & Melinda Gates Center for Computer Science & Engineering
The University of Washington Board of Regents today approved the naming of the Allen School’s second building as the Bill & Melinda Gates Center for Computer Science & Engineering. The naming of the building in honor of the Gateses was made possible by gifts from Microsoft and a group of local business and philanthropic leaders who are longtime friends and colleagues of the couple.
“There is wonderful symbolism in having the Bill & Melinda Gates Center for Computer Science… Read more →
Senior faculty hires Sidd Srinivasa and Michael Taylor set to advance UW’s leadership in robotics and computer engineering research
UW CSE is preparing to welcome two game-changing senior hires, robotic manipulation expert Siddhartha “Sidd” Srinivasa and influential computer engineering researcher Michael Taylor, this fall. Srinivasa, who is widely regarded as one of the leading minds in robotic manipulation and human-robot interaction, will advance UW CSE as one of a few truly world-class centers of robotics research. Taylor, who has accepted a joint appointment in CSE and Electrical Engineering, brings expertise in leading-edge hardware design — further building UW’s reputation… Read more →
Crosscut: Why tech companies aren’t hiring more local grads
“So what distinguishes the UW from other Washington schools? Aside from its obvious geographical advantage of being smack dab in the center of a global tech hub, the University has made use of several strategies to routinely get its grads into top-notch jobs. ‘The University has been tuning its computer science curriculum to the needs of software development companies for decades now,’ says [Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) CEO Michael] Schutzler.
“The challenging curriculum and internship program also play a… Read more →
UW CSE’s Ed Lazowska named to Seattle magazine’s 50th anniversary Hall of Fame
“Every city possesses its own, unique spirit — its zeitgeist. It’s what makes a metropolis move, defines its identity and propels it forward. We owe much of ours to our city’s shapers — those leaders, trendsetters and trailblazers who, over the past 50 years, have transformed the town in extraordinary ways…
“The people on these pages — living legends who have made a major contribution during the past five decades — are influential in their own right, but are also… Read more →
Top 10 First-Choice Majors of UW Confirmed Incoming Freshmen – 2016 Edition
The results are in: CSE is now the first choice major of more of the University of Washington’s confirmed incoming freshmen than any other field.
We need to grow in order to be able to accommodate more of these students! And we’re trying!
Our friends at GeekWire picked this up:
“‘At UW and across the nation, student interest in computer science is booming,’ said Ed Lazowska, the Bill & Melinda Gates chair in the UW department of Computer Science &… Read more →
UW CSE helps launch new professional master’s degree program in data science
UW CSE has partnered with the iSchool and the departments of Applied Mathematics, Biostatistics, Human Centered Design & Engineering, and Statistics – under the auspices of the eScience Institute – on the creation of a master’s degree program in the growing field of data science. The new program, which will begin in fall 2016, was developed with input from industry leaders and will combine statistical modeling, machine learning, software engineering, data management and visualization, and user interface design.
From… Read more →
UW eScience Institute’s data science do-gooders featured in Xconomy
“What did you do on your summer vacation?” is a common refrain as students and faculty return to campus. For the students who took part in the UW eScience Institute’s Data Science for Social Good program, they can honestly say they spent their summer trying to make the world a better place – and they did it with data.
DSSG gave students from a range of disciplines the opportunity to work with data scientists and public stakeholders to apply the… Read more →
UW’s eScience Institute launches Data Science for Social Good summer program
UW’s eScience Institute, led by CSE faculty members Bill Howe and Ed Lazowska, kicked off its new summer program, Data Science for Social Good, this week. Focusing on the theme of urban science, the program enables teams of students, faculty and community stakeholders to tap into eScience members’ expertise and powerful data analysis and visualization tools to address issues affecting urban environments, including public health and safety, sustainability, transportation, education and social justice.
Two participating projects have… Read more →
Microsoft commits $10 million to a second building for UW CSE
At this evening’s UW CSE graduation ceremony, Microsoft Executive Vice President and General Counsel Brad Smith will announce a commitment from the company of $10 million to kick-start a campaign to build a second Computer Science & Engineering building on the UW campus.
Microsoft’s gift represents the first corporate commitment to a public-private partnership to assemble $110 million in funding to construct a new 130,000-square-foot CSE building. The new facility will provide the capacity needed to double the number of… Read more →